Bay Fair BART Station shut after slaying

SAN LEANDRO

Updated 10:42 pm, Saturday, January 19, 2013

The Bay Fair BART Station in San Leandro was shut down for more than five hours Saturday after a midday shooting killed a man and wounded a woman, authorities said.

The deceased victim, described only as a 40-year-old black man, died at the scene of the 12:20 p.m. shooting at the bus stop outside the station, BART officials said. The station was shut down at 12:50 p.m. while authorities collected evidence and searched for suspects. The station did not completely reopen until after 7 p.m. The second shooting victim was rushed to a nearby hospital. Her injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

One suspect has been detained and three others are being sought, said BART police Lt. Steve Coontz.

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BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost said passengers bound for the Bay Fair Station were told to get off at the Hayward and San Leandro stations, where buses took them to the Bay Fair area until about 6 p.m.

BART Deputy Police Chief Janeith Glenn-Davis said investigators were examining AC Transit and BART surveillance videotapes of the area near the station. She said the suspect was caught after a search of the area by Alameda County sheriff's deputies, BART police and San Leandro police.

Robbery does not appear to be a motive in the shooting, Glenn-Davis said, declining to elaborate. Multiple rounds were fired at the scene. she said.

"It is atypical. We don't have shootings on BART property very often," she said.